Swamp Thing Books in Order
Swamp Thing contains 15 books, published between 1983 and 2024. The first book is Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book One (1983) and the newest is Wild Things (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 15
- Published
- 1983–2024
- Pages on record
- 176 in 1 of 15 books
Swamp Thing is a comics listing of 15 collected volumes, catalogued between 1983 and 2024. Alan Moore is credited on seven of them, with Scott Snyder and Charles Soule credited on four each. The listing opens with Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book One (1983) and runs through Books Two to Five, dated 1985 to 1987, then Raise Them Bones (2012), Family Tree (2013), Seeder (2014) and The Killing Field (2014). Recorded subjects include horror, superheroes, heroes, and good and evil. The most recent catalogued entry is Wild Things (2024).
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How many Swamp Thing books are there?
Swamp Thing has 15 books, released between 1983 and 2024.
Swamp Thing Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 15 Swamp Thing books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of November 2026.
- 1Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book One1983 · confirmed 2/41983–2/4
- 1Raise Them Bones2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 2Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Two1985 · confirmed 2/41985–2/4
- 2Family Tree2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 3Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book Three1985 · confirmed 2/41985–2/4
- 3Rotworld: The Green Kingdom2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 4Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book Four1986 · confirmed 2/41986–2/4
- 4Seeder2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 5Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book Five1987 · confirmed 2/41987–2/4
- 5The Killing Field2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 6Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book Six1987 · confirmed 2/41987–2/4
- 6The Sureen2015 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/420151761/4
- 7Season's End2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 7Wild Things2024 · confirmed 2/42024–2/4
- 8Protector of the Green2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
Where to start with Swamp Thing
Start with Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book One (1983), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Swamp Thing book?
Wild Things (2024) is the newest Swamp Thing book released so far.
Is there a new Swamp Thing book coming?
No next Swamp Thing book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Swamp Thing at a glance
- Still running
- Swamp Thing is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Swamp Thing books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 176 pages across the 1 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 176 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Swamp Thing books, 8 of 15, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 15 titles, 7 are credited to Alan Moore, 4 to Scott Snyder and 4 to Charles Soule.
When Swamp Thing books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Swamp Thing titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 8 titles.
15 books total across 3 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Swamp Thing books are about
4 of the 15 Swamp Thing books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: comics & graphic novels is tagged on 4 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Comics & graphic novels 4 of 4 books
- Comics & graphic novels, horror 3 of 4 books
- Comics & graphic novels, superheroes 2 of 4 books
- Comics & graphic novels, science fiction 1 of 4 books
- Good and evil 1 of 4 books
- Heroes 1 of 4 books